Failing miserably to distance himself from the indicted Syrian fundraiser who has bankrolled his political career, Barack Obama has finally admitted his strong ties to the corrupt developer who is currently the star defendant in a federal extortion trial. The Illinois senator said that for years he trusted Antoin Rezko…

Today marks the start of the annual nationwide effort that draws attention to the importance of open government but this year’s Sunshine Week will be tainted with dark clouds of serious disclosure regressions at the federal and state levels. Most government agencies routinely fail to disclose information requested under a…

Barack Obama touts himself as the only presidential candidate not corrupted by Washington politics but his earmark record contradicts that because he tried steering millions of federal dollars to his wife’s employer and the company of a top campaign donor. Recently released earmarks reveal that the Democratic presidential candidate requested…

In one of the largest political fraud cases in recent history, the treasurer of the cash-strapped House Republican fundraising committee stole hundreds of thousands of dollars by submitting forged audit reports to divert the cash to his personal accounts. The longtime treasurer of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), Christopher…

A member of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, who also happens to be his longtime friend and pastor, regularly delivers inflammatory sermons blaming the U.S. for causing the 2001 terrorist attacks with its own terrorism, damning America for treating blacks less than human and accusing the government of giving blacks drugs.…

The county prosecutor who refuses to charge Detroit’s corrupt mayor with perjury—despite overwhelming evidence—is notorious for being soft on crime and bargaining with armed felons. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy claims her office is still investigating whether Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his city employee mistress committed perjury to hide…

New York’s scandalous, hooker-addict governor may be out of public office but his legal problems are far from over as he faces a series of charges that could send the Ivy League graduate to prison. After a puffy-eyed Eliot Spitzer delivered his resignation speech assuring that he would always feel…

A crucial safety provision of a controversial program that allows Mexican trucks to travel anywhere in the United States has been repeatedly violated, putting Americans at risk of being victimized by a third-world country’s dismal safety standards. When the U.S. government launched the Cross Border Trucking Demonstration Project, officials promised…